as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Recent Examples of miscues
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
His late-game miscues proved costly in the series.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Henke forced a flyout to left field to keep the score tied, and Cambridge took over from there with the help of Lincoln-Sudbury miscues.
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Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
After snapping the skid with Wednesday’s blowout win, the Cubs salvaged a split of their four-game series in Pittsburgh by taking advantage of defensive miscues to beat Pirates ace Paul Skenes in a 7-2 victory.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Springs fans 7, despite earning another loss Despite leaving his start with yet another loss, Springs performed mostly well, with defensive miscues and two big hits resulting in the five runs, but just two of them earned runs, during his five innings of work.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Those miscues also contributed to an early exit for Roupp.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026
The moment capped a chaotic rivalry game between the reigning Open Division champions and a Kennedy team that was pushing for an upset, with defensive miscues helping shape the late innings for both sides.
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Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
23 May 2026
Noun
The miscues, manager John Schneider said, need to be minimized.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
His late-game miscues proved costly in the series.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Henke forced a flyout to left field to keep the score tied, and Cambridge took over from there with the help of Lincoln-Sudbury miscues.
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Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
After snapping the skid with Wednesday’s blowout win, the Cubs salvaged a split of their four-game series in Pittsburgh by taking advantage of defensive miscues to beat Pirates ace Paul Skenes in a 7-2 victory.
—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Springs fans 7, despite earning another loss Despite leaving his start with yet another loss, Springs performed mostly well, with defensive miscues and two big hits resulting in the five runs, but just two of them earned runs, during his five innings of work.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Those miscues also contributed to an early exit for Roupp.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026
The moment capped a chaotic rivalry game between the reigning Open Division champions and a Kennedy team that was pushing for an upset, with defensive miscues helping shape the late innings for both sides.
—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscues
Noun
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Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
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You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
Verb
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Too often, philanthropy misjudges where the real risk lies.
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Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.
Noun
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Verb
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Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
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Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
Noun
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
Verb
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Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.
Verb
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When her plastic surgeon father botches a celebrity nose job at his practice, her parents decide to move from Bel-Air to Seattle.
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But there’s nothing shocking or subversive about this movie, which plays like proficient, forgettable straight-to-streaming fare for the first ninety minutes and then botches its big, bloody finale.
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“Miscues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscues. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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